Theguinea—fowlintheWestIndies，whenferal，seemstovarymorethaninthedomesticatedstate。

　　Withrespecttoplantsrunwild，Dr。Hooker（13/14。’FloraofAustralia’1859

　　Introductionpage9。）hasstronglyinsistedonwhatslightevidencethecommonbeliefintheirreversiontoaprimitivestaterests。Godron（13/15。’Del’Espece’tome2pages54，58，60。）describeswildturnips，carrots，andcelery;buttheseplantsintheircultivatedstatehardlydifferfromtheirwildprototypes，exceptinthesucculencyandenlargementofcertainparts，——

　　characterswhichwouldcertainlybelostbyplantsgrowinginpoorsoilandstrugglingwithotherplants。Nocultivatedplanthasrunwildonsoenormousascaleasthecardoon（Cynaracardunculus）inLaPlata。Everybotanistwhohasseenitgrowingthere，invastbeds，ashighasahorse’sback，hasbeenstruckwithitspeculiarappearance;butwhetheritdiffersinanyimportantpointfromthecultivatedSpanishform，whichissaidnottobepricklylikeitsAmericandescendant，orwhetheritdiffersfromthewildMediterraneanspecies，whichissaidnottobesocial（thoughthismaybeduemerelytothenatureoftheconditions），Idonotknow。]

　　REVERSIONTOCHARACTERSDERIVEDFROMACROSS，INTHECASEOFSUB—VARIETIES，RACES，ANDSPECIES。

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